Copper Wiring

A length of copper conductive wire useful for a variety of purposes.

Notes

Copper Wiring is a mid-game crafted component that forms the backbone of electrical and electronic production, used in everything from Basic Circuits to Electric Motors and Electronics Assemblies. It is made from Copper at a suitable crafting station, and because it feeds into so many advanced recipes, keeping a steady supply in public stores or town stockpiles helps prevent industrial bottlenecks across the settlement.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Copper Bar	4	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Copper Scrap	0.06

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	60 calories
Craft time	0.4 min
Throughput	≈ 1800 Copper Wiring / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.6× Copper Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 17.5× Copper Ore
• 0.25× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Copper Wiring

Used in

• Electronics Assembly

• Electric Stamping Press
• Injection Mold Machine
• Plastic Buoy

• Radiator

• Basic Circuit
• Ceramic Fuse
• Electric Motor
• Electric Wall Lamp
• Etched Basic Circuit
• Fuse

• Light Bulb

• Desalinator
• Electro Static Filter
• Lighthouse Lamp
• Mechanics Advanced Upgrade
• Transmission Pole

• Modern Double Street Light
• Modern Street Light
• Steel Abstract Fixture
• Steel Ceiling Light
• Steel Floor Lamp
• Steel Hanging Lamp
• Steel Kitchen Lamp
• Steel Searchlight
• Steel Table Lamp
• Streetlamp

• Wooden Ceiling Light
• Wooden Floor Lamp
• Wooden Kitchen Lamp
• Wooden Table Lamp

• Insulated Copper Wiring

• Heat Sink

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine